/a blayt"/ , v. , ablated, ablating .
v.t.
1. to remove or dissipate by melting, vaporization, erosion, etc.: to ablate a metal surface with intense heat.
v.i.
2. to become ablated; undergo ablation.
[ 1535-45; ablatus carried away (ptp. of auferre ), equiv. to ab- AB- + latus (ptp. of ferre to bear); see -ATE 1 ]